Ensuring Best Outcomes for Children with Behavioral Needs and Adults with Medical Fragility in a Congregate Care Setting Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

• By: Rita M. Gardner, MPH, LABA, BCBA Helena Maguire, MS, LABA, BCBA Shawn P. Quigley, PhD, BCBA-D Mary Jane Weiss, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA Melmark
• May 19th, 2020
• adults, children, client health, COVID-19, PPE, residential setting, staff, summer 2020 issue, training
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COVID-19 abruptly thrust new challenges onto organizations providing intensive behavioral services in a congregate care setting to individuals diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The novel virus and its many unknowns required organizations to respond to a rapidly evolving...